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The Right To Creative Illegitimacy: Art And The Fallacy Of Proprietary Legitimation, John Baldacchino
The Right To Creative Illegitimacy: Art And The Fallacy Of Proprietary Legitimation, John Baldacchino
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
When we speak of the arts, and more so when one engages with the arts as a practitioner in their various contexts, the questions of legitimacy and legitimation take a very different turn. This spans across a wide horizon, whether it is that of art-making in the studio; of showing in the gallery; of performing in the hall; or of teaching, learning and unlearning in schools, colleges or universities.
To start with, one needs to understand and find a way of differentiating between legitimacy and legitimation. Legitimacy implies a degree of conformity, whether it is with the law, agreed rules, …